Ultron’s MCU Return fixes major 11-year-old Marvel movie mistake

Ultron is confirmed to return to the MCU in the upcoming Marvel Television Vision series, which could solve a major Marvel mistake from Phase 2. James Spader first voiced the legendary robot tyrant Ultron in 2015’s eponymous Avengers: Age of UltronWhich diverted massively from the 2013 Marvel Comics storyline of the same name. Age of Ultron is widely considered to be the weakest Avengers movie in the MCU, but it set up some huge storylines for subsequent projects and debuted one of Marvel’s most exciting villains.

on the 23rd of August, The Hollywood Reporter Confirmed that James Spader would reprise the role of Ultron in the upcoming MCU Vision Series. This follows news from Star Trek: Picard’s Terry Matalas being hired as the Vision series showrunner, and the series has been given a 2026 release window, meaning Spader will return to the role 11 years after his last MCU appearance. Versions of Ultron have made several brief appearances in the MCU since Age of UltronBut these Vision Series has the opportunity to right a big life-action mistake Featuring the iconic Marvel villain.

Ultron should never have been a one and done villain in the MCU

Ultron is one of Marvel Comics’ biggest and longest-running villains, having made his first appearance back in the 1968s. The Avengers #54. In his first story, Ultron, originally created by Hank Pym and disguised as the Crimson Cole, led the Lords of Evil in a failed attack against the Avengers. since then, Ultron has battled the Avengers many times, and even annihilated humanity in the alternate world of 2013 Age of UltronBut this impact is not translated properly in the live-action adaptation of Ultron in the MCU’s Phase 2.

James Spader’s Ultron has joined the club of major villains in the MCU. The group consists of the likes of the Iron Monger, the Red Skull, Malekith, Ronan the Accuser, Dormammu, Killmonger and many more. No number of these antagonists deserve more development and attention in the MCU, however Ultron was considered to be one of the most wasted villains in the history of the franchise. Thankfully, news of James Spader’s return as Ultron in the MCU Vision Series can finally solve this problem.

MCU’s Vision series can finally do Ultron justice

In the time of Marvel Television Vision Series premiere on Disney +, it will have been 11 years since James Spader first voiced Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Despite the long bounce, the Vision Series will drag Ultron from the one-and-done villain club, solving this major injustice. It’s still unclear exactly what role Ultron will have in the series, while several Theories suggest that there may be a piece of Ultron still alive in Vision’s mind, or that SWORD or a similar organization may have acquired one of Ultron’s drones after the Battle of Sokovia.

The resurgence of Ultron in the MCU’s Phase 6 is very exciting. This could potentially set up another major threat for Avengers: Doomsday And secret wars Along with Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. It could also lay the groundwork for some of Ultron’s biggest storylines to be adapted right into the MCU, possibly even leading to a live-action depiction of the drama. Age of Ultron Eventwhich was explored in the animated What if…? Series. It’s fantastic news that Ultron will finally get redemption in the MCU Vision Series.